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Don't be the ammunition wagon, be the rifle... knowledge exists primarily for use.

Carl Rogers

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Carl Rogers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 8
Died: 1987
Died: February 4
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Oak Park
Illinois
Carl Ransom Rogers
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People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future.
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